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FAMOUS ANGLO-INDIANS (A - D)

AUGUST 2009

NameOccupation
Bowler, JohnWell-known English Actor. Born in London, his mother is an Anglo-Indian and his Father was a cockney. Raised in Newcastle, educated in Yorkshire.
Braganza, Colonel Loucielle Command Principal Matron
Brendish, GeorgeTelegraphist & Soldier. In the 1857 Cawnpore (Sepoy) Mutiny he became an Anglo-Indian hero by refusing to dessert his post in Delhi as the mutineers advanced.
Brennan, Joseph, SergeantSoldier
Brent, TonyPop Singer. Local boy from Calcutta who gained international reputation as a singer. Born August 26, 1927 in Byculla, Bombay, India.
Brighte, EdgarBoxer
Champion Lightweight boxer of India
Brightman, EdwardMerchant
Brodie, HelenActress, Super Model
Brooks, J.B.Soldier/Artist & Surveyor
Brooks, Lt. General HendersonSoldier, Indian Armed Forces. First member of the Community to be given the rank of Lt. General after India's Independence. Also awarded the Vishishth Seva Medal Class 1 in 1962.
Brown, Augustus, Somerville (1897-1973)Author & one of India´s most famous Anglo-Indian Shikars. Ted ´farmer´ Brown whose pen name was Augustus Sommerville Brown died on 3rd August 1973 and was buried in the Lower Circular Road Cemetery in what is now called Kolkata. In addition to writing about Shikars, Ted Brown wrote about English history. His last published work was on Sir Walter Raleigh through Thacker Spink publishers in Calcutta. Mr. Brown spent some time in Australia where he emigrated but returned after he missed his beloved Calcutta.
Brown, Colonel Francis D.M.Soldier
Brown, KarenWriter (U.K.)
Brown, MarieAthlete
Brown, MelvynAuthor/Compiler/Editor/Poet/Publisher
BROWN, NicholasACTOR -- Australian actor of Anglo-Indian origin -- his dad is orginally from Ooty and his mom is from Kolkata.
Brown, PatriciaAuthor (Canada)
Brown, WarrenPoet, Librarian (Calcutta)
Browne, N.A.K. Air Marshal N.A.K. Browne assumed the charge of Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command, The largest and the senior most operational command of the Indian Air Force in June 2009.

Commissioned into the fighter stream of Indian Air Force on June 24, 1972, he has varied operational experience and has flown aircraft that include Hunter, all variants of MiG-21s, Jaguar and SU-30MKI. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, he is a fighter combat leader, who has also served an instructor at the Tactics and Combat Development Establishment (TACDE) and Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), Wellington. He has trained with the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom on Jaguar aircraft and commanded a Jaguar Squadron subsequently.
Bruce, Lieutenant William A. McCraeSoldier
Buchanan, ClaudiusReverend
Buckley, Captain JohnSoldier
Burrington, HumphreySoldier/Flying Officer
Burton, Sir William Judge
Bush, PatriciaNurse
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